Fruit-jar opener.



No. 688,224. 7 Patentedflec. 3, I90l.

H. W. BOGART.

FRUIT JAB OPENER.

(Application filed. July 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. BOGART, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TARBOX & BOGART MFG. 00., OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FRUIT-JAR OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,224, dated December 3, 1901.

1 Application filed July 31, 1901. Serial No. 70,344. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. BOGART, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit- Jar Openers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fruit-jar openers; and it consists of a new construction and arrangement of the elements comprising the device, whereby power and great efficiency for screwing on and unscrewing the caps of fruitjars in a very simple and economical manner is obtained.

The invention consists of a divided disk having a flange in the form of a cap and hinged together at one side of the dividingline and a hand-lever pivoted onto one of the half-disks opposite to the hinge and having an angular slot opposite to the pivot and playing on a headed stud on the other half-disk.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the jar-opener. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the device as applied to a jar-cover, the dotted lines showing the position of the handlever when screwing on or unscrewing the cover, respectively.

A represents a portion of a fruit-jar, and B the covering-cap.

O is a disk having a flange D and is divided into two parts or halves. One of said halves has a lug or ear E made on it at one end of the dividing-line, which is pivotally attached to the opposite half-disk. This makes a hinge-joint,which couples the two half-disks at one end of the division.

H is a hand-lever having an approximately square head G, one corner of which is pivoted or fulcrumed to one of the half-disks. In said head, opposite to said pivot or fulcrum, is made a right-angle slot I, in which a headed stud or pin J on the opposite half-disk plays.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 how this device is applied to the jar-cover, and by forcing the lever to the left the half-disks are made to firmly grip the cover and to forcibly screw down the cover, or by reverse movement of the lever the cover is unscrewed.

The parts comprising this device are quickly and easily made by being struck out of sheet metal, thereby producing them in a very economical manner and at low cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The herein-described fruit-jar opener, consisting of the divided disk 0, flange D on said disk, a hinge at one end of the division joining the half-disks, a hand-lever H pivotally attached to one of said half-disks opposite to said hinge, an angular slot I in the head of the hand-lever, and a stud or pin J on the other half-disk and playing in the angular slot, in combination, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 29th day of July, 1901.

HENRY W. BOGART.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, CHARLES L. STOOKEB. 

